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Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Cockfield Jackson Architects, APACCockfield Jackson Architects, APAC
Don Kadair
Design ideas for a large classic two floor brick house exterior in New Orleans with a pitched roof.
Timberwood
Timberwood
Millworks DesignsMillworks Designs
Design ideas for a white traditional two floor brick house exterior in Nashville.
Addition
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Greymark Design + BuildGreymark Design + Build
All Exterior paints are Benjamin Moore colors! Green and white are both custom colors! Green – Mooregaurd Low Luster Deep Base White – Laytex flat Exterior Pastel base Columns #1118 classic Caramel Ceiling – Wood Finish 005, silkens clear coating – color natural oak
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Modern Craftsman
Modern Craftsman
Jonathan Miller ArchitectsJonathan Miller Architects
Inspiration for a gey classic two floor brick detached house in Other with a mixed material roof and a pitched roof.
Via Yella
Via Yella
Brandon Architects, Inc.Brandon Architects, Inc.
This is an example of a gey traditional two floor house exterior in Orange County with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Museum District
Museum District
Mann Designs StudioMann Designs Studio
Peter Molick Photography
Photo of a white traditional two floor brick house exterior in Houston with a pitched roof.
Capitol View
Capitol View
James McDonald Associate Architects, PCJames McDonald Associate Architects, PC
Hadley Photography
This is an example of a beige traditional two floor brick house exterior in DC Metro.
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Sightline Art ConsultingSightline Art Consulting
Sightline Art Consulting helped the owner of this home find artwork as part of a renovation and design project. Photographer: Stacy Zarin-Goldberg
Photo of a gey classic house exterior in DC Metro.
Kara Weik © 2012 Houzz
Kara Weik © 2012 Houzz
Kara WeikKara Weik
This is an example of a traditional house exterior in Dallas.
Wellesley 3
Wellesley 3
Thompson Custom HomesThompson Custom Homes
Architect: Gordon Partners, Interior Designer: CBG Interiors, Photographer: Jack Thompson
White classic two floor brick detached house in Houston with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Homewood House
Homewood House
Christopher Architecture & InteriorsChristopher Architecture & Interiors
Design ideas for a white traditional two floor brick house exterior in Birmingham with a shingle roof.
Craftsman 4-Squares
Craftsman 4-Squares
Four Square Design StudioFour Square Design Studio
Part of a series of homes I designed for the award-winning community, Westhaven located in Franklin Tennessee. photographer: Jennifer Stalvey
Medium sized classic two floor house exterior in Nashville.
Green Basements & Remodeling - Exterior
Green Basements & Remodeling - Exterior
Green Basements & RemodelingGreen Basements & Remodeling
Built porch on front of brick home and painted brick. Roof Shingles: SG Timb HD Wehterwood ENG SG Roy SOV Weatherwood Gray Door Color: SW Custom Red Shutter Color: SW6258 Tricorn Black Trim Color: SW7004 Snowbound Brick Color: Benjamin Moore Sandy Hook Gray
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Carmel Club Modern English Country
Carmel Club Modern English Country
Arcadia Custom Homes & RenovationsArcadia Custom Homes & Renovations
Photo courtesy of Joe Purvis Photos
Inspiration for a large and white traditional brick detached house in Charlotte with three floors and a shingle roof.
White House
White House
HB DesignHB Design
Photo of a white and large traditional two floor brick detached house in Vancouver with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Clopay - Reserve Wood Collection
Clopay - Reserve Wood Collection
IDC AutomaticIDC Automatic
Traditional house exterior in Minneapolis.
Woodvale Road
Woodvale Road
Allison Knizek Design for Prescott PropertiesAllison Knizek Design for Prescott Properties
Michael McNamara
Inspiration for a white classic house exterior in Los Angeles.

Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

With so much attention devoted to interior design, the exterior of a home can often get overlooked, but as the first thing that welcomes both us and our guests, it is worth devoting some time tending to the outside of your house. Furthermore, focusing on the traditional kerb appeal of your home can add significant value if and when it comes time to sell up. Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian homes, with their bay windows and elegant plasterwork, often benefit from built in architecture advantages, but even if your house design is unassuming from the outside, small decorative and structural improvements to the traditional exterior of your home can equal huge impact. Key areas of building design to focus on are the front door, the driveway or approach to your home, the porch area, the windows, the facade and the roof. And just a note of caution... before any significant traditional exterior architecture gets under way, check first whether you need planning permission for your exterior house designs– this applies particularly to listed houses or buildings in a conservation area, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a look through the house designs, exterior architecture and images of front doors and driveways on Houzz to inspire your facade or building design, or read on for a few more pointers when it comes to redesigning your exterior.

How do I give my home an exterior facelift?

You may feel like your home’s exterior architecture is unalterable but there are a wide range of options available to improve its external building design, no matter what raw materials you begin with. Begin with the front door and the pathway or driveway that lead up to your home as these are easy to improve without huge budgets. A driveway or pathway must be kept neat and tidy and you can consider replacing tarmac with attractive tiles or gravel. Repainting or replacing the fence, wall or gate that fronts your home can also offer an overnight transformation without breaking the bank. An area to not cut corners however is the front door, where spending a little extra can make a huge difference in quality, and painting it in a colour you love will pay you back every time it welcomes you home! Updating your windows can be a significant building design project but it is one that has benefits both inside and out, as well as potentially saving you money on energy later. If you are lucky enough to have period windows such as bay windows with sash or leaded windows, then maintaining them should be a top priority, but if they are beyond repair then there are plenty of window professionals that will offer modern, double or triple glazed equivalents that could still work in your bay window. Working with uPVC? Not a problem – the best improvement you can make is to ensure your windows are the right size and shape for your home's overall proportions.

How do I update my home’s facade?

When it comes to updating the facade of your home, painting is the quickest and most affordable way to achieve a traditional makeover, and if you opt for a colour other than white it can really make a statement (although sticking within the palette of your road and local area is advisable). A makeover that requires a bit more patience but can add romance and character to the most mundane of homes is to adorn the walls with climbing plants – delicate trailing wisteria is ever a British favourite, whilst roses and jasmine offer fragrance as well as beauty. If you’re looking to make more significant changes to the exterior of your home, whether that is adding timber cladding, hanging tiles, installing a bay window or rendering, then you should first check whether your house designs require planning permission. A New England style wood boarded home is beautiful and bright, but remember that it will need frequent repainting if it is going to stay looking its best, whilst stucco render or Tyrolean render can tidy up a home's exterior but think carefully before covering over original brickwork.

What should I consider if building a home from scratch?

If you’re working with an architect on a brand new build, the options are endless when it comes to deciding on the exterior architecture. But first things first, you will need to check planning permissions, building regulations and local restrictions, such as being in a conservation area, to make sure your plans for your exterior house designs will meet stipulations. If you are building in a street with predominantly Victorian facades, with bay windows and side returns, you might need to ensure your house designs fit in with the rest of the homes on the street, but if you’re building in a more remote area you’ll probably have more freedom for your building design. There are many architectural decisions to make, do you want a flat, gabled, hipped, mansard or perhaps even a curved roof? Do you want bay windows? Crittall windows? Perhaps external shutters? Do you want glass walls? Do you want wood cladding? Do you want a very symmetrical building design or something more contemporary? The decision is all yours but remember to consider the benefits of various materials over others and the effects that some architecture styles will have on everyday life, for example glass walls will look attractive but will give you less privacy. Your architect or builder will be able to guide you through the best traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
Case Design/Remodeling, Inc.
Case Design/Remodeling, Inc.
Case Architects & RemodelersCase Architects & Remodelers
Photo of a classic house exterior in DC Metro with wood cladding.
Stone Canyon
Stone Canyon
Kym Rodger DesignKym Rodger Design
White traditional two floor brick detached house in Los Angeles with a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Lakeside Contemporary, Charlevoix
Lakeside Contemporary, Charlevoix
Drost Landscape Design Construction & MaintenanceDrost Landscape Design Construction & Maintenance
This is an example of a large and white traditional two floor brick house exterior in Grand Rapids with a pitched roof.
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